Dräger travelled 16 states and 91 cities to raise awareness for safety solutions
Mumbai – India's first Industrial Safety Roadshow initiative completes the milestone of one year covering 30,000 kilometers and reaching out to approximately 30,000 people across India since the start of its mission.
India's expanding industrial horizons have led to a sprawling rise in workforce which increases the need to create awareness on safety solutions and practices. With an aim to reach out to the last mile to create awareness about latest trends in safety technologies Draeger Safety India Pvt. Ltd. initiated a mission.
'Mission Suraksha' is an industrial roadshow aimed at reaching out to the major industrial belts of India and making the industrial stakeholders aware of the latest technological solutions for safety at their site. With Mission Suraksha Dräger presents safety solutions at industrial sites, hands-on experience of product applications and demonstrating after-sales service and maintenance solutions for life-saving products.
The National Safety Council has been associated with the mission since its very beginning. The National Safety Council is an apex nonprofit, tripartite body of Government of India (GOI), created to generate, develop and sustain a voluntary movement on Safety, Health and Environment at the national level. The campaign was flagged off on the 24th of November 2014 by Mr. V.B Sant, Director General of National Safety Council and Mr. Vilas Moray, Directorate of Industrial Safety & Health who were the guests of honour.
The Mission Suraksha journey started on the 15th of December 2014, from Baroda in Gujarat. Ever since then the roadshow truck has been on the road covering major industrial belts, altogether 16 states and 91 cities. It gave Dräger the opportunity to discuss and educate approximately 25,000 industrial workforces from 170 industrial locations with the latest trends in safety technology.
Nikil Rao, Country Manager, Draeger India Pvt Ltd: "We are successfully living our dream of creating awareness about safety in the remotest parts of India. I am delighted at the response that we have received at each location. Mission Suraksha has helped us discuss technological trends in safety with industrial stakeholders at their site. The journey is still on …"
Milind Deshpande, Country Marketing Manager, Draeger India Pvt. Ltd: "I take this opportunity to thank the team, our associates and our customers who have contributed to bring success to the Mission Suraksha and reaching this one year milestone. We are happy with the throughput of this mission which has touched an industrial life every kilometer covered. Our passion shall keep driving us every day spreading the safety awareness with this unique concept."
V. B Sant, Director General of National Safety Council: "We are celebrating 50 years of strengthening safety movement in India, this year. Together with Draeger India, we organized multiple events across the country to highlight the various aspects of safety. We are delighted that we associated with this mission to create awareness about safety as it complements our vision of creating preventive culture through raising awareness and rendering services that can further drive impactful measures in making workplaces safer, healthier and environment friendly".
Draeger India Pvt. Ltd.
Drӓger has been present in India for over 60 years now. It began with business associations with local partners and now has own subsidiaries for Medical and Safety divisions (Draeger Medical (India) Pvt. Ltd. since 2006 and Draeger Safety (India) Pvt. Ltd. since 2012). Dräger delivers direct sales and aftersales service from 22 locations Pan India.
When talking about its history in India, Dräger would highlight two historical moments: first, the honor to present the very first Drӓger Closed Circuit Oxygen Breathing Apparatus to Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. The second moment for Dräger was contributing to the first successful mastery of Mount Everest by supplying oxygen devices and cylinders for Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay.
Both Draeger Medical and Draeger Safety are headquartered in Mumbai and have branch offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Cochin and Chennai. With a centralized warehouse in the outskirts of Mumbai, a dealer network of 50+, employee strength of 150+ across India and with a national repair and service centre and trained and certified technicians, Draeger India is fully equipped to serve and support its customers.
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